Dustin Brady loved video games as a kid. Today, the 37-year-old Northeast Ohio author uses video games to connect struggling readers by immersing them into the world of gaming.
, a publication aimed at high school athletes. He quit his full-time job at the magazine and spent time buying products at wholesale, then reselling the items on the internet, to help support his family while writing his books.
To give his readers an incentive to finish the “Trapped” series, Brady inserted an envelope in the box set marked “CONFIDENTIAL: DO NOT OPEN UNTIL FINISHING THE SERIES.” “I want to show kids that even professionals struggle with doubt and self-discipline. I want to help them understand that it is totally OK to struggle, but it is not OK to give up, because every child has the potential to do something amazing.”
“These books come out of all those things I used to think about as a kid,” the 37-year-old said. “I loved video games and even though I regularly get locked out of my accounts because I can’t remember passwords, I do remember the Super Mario Bros. 3 game code for infinite lives – it’s SLXPLOVS, by the way -- so I knew these stories would resonate with young readers.”
Brady says that “no matter how many video games most kids play per week, they want more. Books about video games provide an easy hook for capturing their imagination and show that reading doesn’t have to be a dreaded event.
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